Quran is full of blessings for us. One of those blessings is “Dua” which means “prayer”. It is best and simplest medium to connect to our creator Allah SWT. Dua is one of elite form of worship and it helps us seeking Allah’s (SWT) blessings. It is having worship that we can regardless of place and time. There are many different forms of worship in which a Muslim can indulge into Dua such as offering Nawafils, Quran recitation and we can also do dua as additional worship after other forms of worships.

We should make dua in best possible words and there are no words better than those mentioned in Quran. There are many Dua’s in Quran which are given to us by Allah Almighty and also those which were used to call Allah’s help, mercy and blessings by the holy prophets. We can use to make our faith stronger because these are the same dua’s used by great Prophets when they prayed to Allah Almighty. It is in our favour to remember these Duas and try to use them in our daily life for getting blessings from Allah Almighty.

Muslims should also know about the importance of making dua as stated one of the hadiths of Prophet Muhammad (SAW):

“Verily your Lord is Generous and Shy. If His servant raises his hands to Him (in supplication) He becomes shy to return them empty.”(Tirmidhi)

Interesting fact: The dua below is the dua Prophet Yunus A.S cried out when he was in the belly of fish.

Translation: "Our Lord, do not place us with the wrongdoing people." [Quran, 7:47]

Interesting fact: “Whoever recites it (the dua below) three times in the morning will not be afflicted by any calamity before evening, and whoever recites it three times in the evening will not be overtaken by any calamity before morning.”

Interesting fact: The dua below wasthe supplication of Prophet Musa (peace be upon him), who had a problem with fluency in speech. In order to get the compassion of Allah (swt), he would recite this dua in times of distress.

Translation: “Oh Allah! Nothing is easy except what You have made easy. If You wish, you can make the difficult easy.”

سُبْحانَ الرَّؤوُفِ الرَّحيمِ

(Subhaana ra’ufur Raheem)

Translation: "Glory be to the Compassionate, the Merciful."

Interesting fact: Khawlah bint Hakeem Al-Salamiyyah (RA) said: “I heard the prophet (s.a.w.) say the dua below: “Whoever makes a stop in some place, then says, ‘A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allah il-taammah min sharri ma khalaqa (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of that which He has created),’ nothing will harm him until he moves on from that place” (narrated by Muslim).

أَعُوذُبِكَلِمَاتِاللَّهِالتَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّمَاخَلَقَ

(A’oodhu bi kalimaat Allaah al-taammaati min sharri maa khalaq)

Translation: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of that which He has created.